Elizabeth Hoffman (professor)

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Celia Elizabeth (Betsy) Hoffman
Born (1946-11-12) November 12, 1946 (age 77)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Citizenship United States
Alma mater Smith College
University of Pennsylvania
California Institute of Technology
Awards Carolyn Shaw Bell Award, 2010
honorary doctorate from National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, 2011
Ronald H. Coase Prize in law and economics (joint with Matthew Spitzer), 1986
Scientific career
Fields Economics
Institutions Iowa State University
University of Colorado
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Arizona
University of Wyoming
Purdue University
Northwestern University
University of Florida
Website https://www.econ.iastate.edu/people/elizabeth-hoffman

Celia Elizabeth (Betsy) Hoffman [1] (born November 12, 1946) was executive vice president and provost of Iowa State University from 2007 to 2012, [2] where she remains as professor of economics. From 2000 to 2005, she was president of the University of Colorado System, where she is president emerita. She is also a senior distinguished fellow at the Searle Center on Law, Regulations, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law, and serves on numerous for-profit and non-profit Boards. She served on the National Science Board from 2002 to 2008. [3] Her published research is in the areas of Experimental economics, Cliometrics, and Behavioral Economics. [4]

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Personal life

Hoffman was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Her maternal grandfather, Andre Kalpaschnikoff, had escaped the Russian Revolution. [5] Her mother and aunt married brothers, and she spent her early years living in a large house in Wayne, Pennsylvania,[ citation needed ] a suburb of Philadelphia, with her grandmother, mother, father, aunt, uncle, sister, and their three double-cousins, [6] before moving to suburban Berwyn, Pennsylvania. She is married to economist Brian R. Binger. [7]

Academic career

Hoffman graduated from Conestoga High School in 1964. She received a B.A. in history from Smith College in 1968 and is a member of its board of trustees. She received an M.A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969, a Ph.D. in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972, and a Ph.D. in social science (economics) from the California Institute of Technology in 1979.

While finishing her Ph.D. at Penn, she taught history and economics at St. Olaf College, Carleton College, and Macalester College. Her first academic position after completing her Ph.D. in history was as assistant professor of history at the University of Florida. She was recruited for the first class of economics PhD students at the California Institute of Technology, and then became assistant professor of economics at Northwestern University, assistant and associate professor of economics at Purdue University, and professor of economics at the University of Wyoming and professor of economics and law at the University of Arizona. [4]

She was a founding trustee of the Cliometric Society, which focuses on quantitative studies in history; the Economic Science Association, which focuses on using experimental techniques to study economic phenomena; and the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics. [4]

Her academic papers have more than 7000 total citations. [8]

Selected works

Administrative career

In 1993, Hoffman became dean of the College of liberal arts and sciences at Iowa State University, where she was also professor of economics and psychology. In 1997, she became provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. [9]

On September 1, 2000, Hoffman became the 20th president of the then four-campus University of Colorado system. She served in that role until 2005, when she resigned citing the distraction of multiple ongoing controversies. These included the university's alleged use of sex and alcohol to recruit football players, an alcohol-related student death at the Boulder campus, and the Ward Churchill essay controversy. [10] [11] When she received a demand from Governor Bill Owens to fire Ward Churchill, she refused on grounds of academic freedom. Her refusal drew her personally into the Churchill controversy, and she resigned soon afterward. She has since identified the dispute over Churchill as her reason for resigning. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Celia Kalpaschnikoff". plaza.las.iastate.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  2. ↑ "Wickert named senior vice president and provost at Iowa State - News Service - Iowa State University". archive.news.iastate.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  3. ↑ "National Science Board". National Science Board. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  4. 1 2 3 Vicki Bogan. "Interview with Elizabeth Hoffman".
  5. ↑ "Elizabeth "Betsy" Hoffman Papers, RS 13/1/26, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library". findingaids.lib.iastate.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  6. ↑ "Celia Kalpaschnikoff -". Plaza of Heroines. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  7. ↑ "Tag Archives: Elizabeth Hoffman | School of Business and Economics Blog". blogs.mtu.edu. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  8. ↑ "Elizabeth Hoffman - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  9. ↑ "ELIZABETH HOFFMAN RECIPIENT OF THE 2010 CAROLYN SHAW BELL AWARD".
  10. ↑ Kenworthy, Tom (March 7, 2005). "Hoffman steps down". USA Today.
  11. ↑ Johnson, Kirk (2005-03-08). "University President Resigns at Colorado Amid Turmoil". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  12. ↑ Writer, Olivier Uyttebrouck | Journal Staff. "UNM Presidential Candidate Won't Bend To Political Wills". www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
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